I have some sort of Franken-ZX10 built on base of a Tyan Thunder 2500 (s1867), which is the board of the intergraphs. I also flashed the SGI Bios on it, which is running great.

Now i wanted to add graphics, and bought a Wildcat 7110 AGP Pro.

Got the card, dropped it in: No output on the monitor, but a BIOS beep, that the GFX is not working (AMI BIOS: 1 long, 2 short beeps). Ok, maybe the card is broken. Contactet the seller: He got another one which he would test and send to me.

I got the "new" and tested card today: Same error. Since this is my only machine with an AGP Pro port (except the prism, but i think that wont work) i dont know what to do next.

Now my question is if its maybe the matter that the AGP Pro port doesnt provide enough current to get a dual GPU card running.

The Wildcat4 7110 is AGP Pro 50 so it should get enough power from the board. But I'm not sure the board can supply the correct voltage. I think the Wildcat4 might need 1.5V and the board supplies 3.3V.

This might not be a welcome suggestion but I'd recommend another model of Wildcat. I used a 7110 in a Dell P4 workstation for a while and it eventually broke, giving similar symptoms to the ones you've described: blank screen and BIOS error beeps on boot. Not a very reliable board.

The ZX10 systems originally came with 4000-series Wildcat cards (4110 & 4210) so a 4000/5000 model would be more period correct and probably more robust. They're not hard to find on eBay.

I second what SiliconClassics says. IIRC I ran mine with a 5xxx and it was rock solid.

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